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The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere

"An enormously entertaining, a sparkling fantasy of the very best sort"

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Oscar is skipping school, which isn’t unusual because he doesn’t like it, and his teachers don’t seem to like him. But something happens at the skateboard park which is very unusual indeed: he is transported magically into another world and – fortunately temporarily - dies.

From this astonishing beginning, things continue at the same helter skelter pace, though the action is wonderfully controlled and there’s ample room for the characters to breathe as real people. Oscar meets the young members of an unusual blended family, Imogen, sisters Esther (a Rain Weaver) and Astrid, Bronte and Alejandro, one time pirate, now a prince.

Together they embark on a quest to save the elves’ city of Dun-Sorey-Lo-Vay-Lo-Hey by gathering nine pieces of a magical key – all against the clock too. There are encounters with water sprites, Radish Gnomes and witches, and even a flying carpet (of sorts), and along the way we learn as much about Oscar and his new friends as they do.

Part of Jaclyn Moriarty’s brilliant Bronte Mettlestone series, this is enormously entertaining, a sparkling fantasy of the very best sort, in which the magic is always surprising and the protagonists more than they seem too. If you haven’t read the others in the series, this works perfectly as a stand alone, but you must – and after reading this, you’ll be desperate to.

Andrea Reece

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